An Old Maid's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCC DEDEE FGFGG BHBHH| A | |
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| Every wild she bird has nest and mate in the warm April weather | B |
| But a captive woman made for love nor nest nor mate has she | C |
| In the spring of young desire young men and maids are wed together | B |
| And the happy mothers flaunt their bliss for all the world to see | C |
| Life's great sacramental feast for them an empty board for me | C |
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| I a young maid once an old maid now deposed despised forgotten | D |
| I like them have thrilled with passion and have dreamed of nuptial rest | E |
| Of the trembling life within me of my baby unbegotten | D |
| Of the breathing new born body to my yearning bosom prest | E |
| Of the rapture of its little soft mouth drinking at my breast | E |
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| Time that heals so many sorrows keeps mine ever freshly aching | F |
| Though my face is growing furrowed and my brown hair turning white | G |
| Still I mourn my irremidiable loss asleep or waking | F |
| Still I hear my child's voice calling Mother in the dead of night | G |
| And am haunted by those sweet eyes that will never see the light | G |
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| O my baby that I might have had My darling lost for ever | B |
| O the goodly years that might have been now desolate and bare | H |
| O malignant God or Fate what have I done that I should never | B |
| Take my birthright like the others take the crown that women wear | H |
| And possess the common heritage to which all flesh is heir | H |
Ada Cambridge
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